An award of $1,000 is presented to the winning student journalist and an additional $1,000 is given to the publication sponsoring the winning entry. The prize will be presented during the annual Management Seminar for College News Editors.

Of special importance to judges are news stories, institutional editorials, personal commentaries or columns that single out for public examination any act that results in distortion or pollution of the public discourse. Use of open records or “sunshine” laws is deemed particularly meritorious if the result is to let the people see the people’s business being done.

Betty Gage Holland

Nominations for the award may be made by or on behalf of any journalist(s) regularly enrolled in a university or college at time of publication and also by or on behalf of any campus news organization, whether independent or university supported, that published the pertinent material.

Nominations for the 2018-19 academic year must be submitted no later than June 1, 2019, and should include an endorsement of no more than 300 words and three (3) links to all news stories and commentary submitted for consideration (or PDF duplicates, if not published online).

Send entries to Stephanie Moreno at s.moreno@uga.edu with the subject line “Holland Award Entry”.

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